Structural Inequalities: Obstacles to Promoting Collective Health

Authors: Ulysséa Leal D*

DOI: 10.23880/jqhe-16000344

Volume 6, Issue 5

Abstract

Health, illness and care are socially determined, varying according to times, places and cultures, so that the organization of actions, health services and social support networks needs to be planned and managed according to the needs of the population in a given territory [1]. In Brazil, the right to health, reflected in the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS) by the Federal Constitution of 1988, encounters obstacles to its universalization in rural areas, as structural inequalities have relegated the less privileged populations to more precarious.

Keywords: Health Care; Citizenship; Sanitation; Population

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